WAR VETERANS PRESSURE GROUP and 11 Others v MINISTER FOR LANDS, AGRICULTURE, WATER, CLIMATE AND RURAL RESETTLEMENT, NO and 4 Others

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicants have locus standi to challenge the Global Compensation Deed","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicants are not parties to the GCD; first applicant is an unincorporated association"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the Global Compensation Deed violates Section 295(4) of the Constitution","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"GCD was concluded without parliamentary legislation"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the application is competent as a public interest litigation","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicants claim to act in public interest but did not plead under Section 85"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether compensation should cover historical injustices beyond improvements","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Applicants seek holistic compensation for colonial and pre-colonial injustices"}

Background